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Michigan’s Cygnus Systems, Inc., a company focused on networking support and development, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit (PDF) against Microsoft, Apple, and Google for&mash;get this—using icons to represents files. But not just any icons: representational thumbnails that reflect the onscreen display of a particular document or file. Such miniaturized thumbnails are now a common feature of many software products, including Apple’s Finder and iTunes software (think Cover Flow), Windows Explorer, and Google’s Chrome browser—and if Cygnus is willing to go after those th

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Top Tech Companies Sued for Using…Icons?

Thousands of thoughts go through your mind in the course of your day and each day you make many choices. Your choices intend to bring you the greatest ..

Hewlett-Packard hasn’t been pushing its home servers lately, but the company is looking to get back on the radar with its new HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487, which can act as a central repository for a household’s worth of photos, music, and movies and serve as a centralized backup store. And, what’s more, the new versions can be used to back up Macs running Mac OS X Leopard’s integrated Time Machine backup software.

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HP Debuts Mac-Savvy MediaSmart Servers

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For months, rumors have been swirling that storage developer Western Digital was looking to acquire Fujitsu’s hard drive business…but now the Japanese business daily Nikkei reports that the deal is off, due to the companies’ inability to agree on a price and a sudden increase in the value of the Japanese yen.

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Fujitsu and Western Digital: No Deal

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Computer maker Acer has decided to amp up its high-end Aspire 8930G notebook computer by rolling in an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 processor, increasing the system’s appeal to power-hungry gaming and multimedia enthusiasts. And with a large 1080p-capable display, optional Blu-ray drive, Nvidia graphics, and Dolby audio processing—plus a separate numeric keypad—the system has a lot to recommend it for users who aren’t terribly concerned with portability

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Acer Takes Aspire 8930G Quad-Core

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Last week, graphics developer Nvidia announced its Ion graphics platform for so-called “netbook” computers powered by Intel’s low-power Atom processor. Based on the same GeForce 9400 graphics controller currently shipping in Apple’s MacBook line, the idea is to bring strong graphics performance to Atom-based, low-cost PCs, potentially giving them the ability to run modern operating systems, applications, and (yes) games. The stumbling block, however, seemed to be that Intel was only selling Atom processors with its own 945 integrated graphics system on board: in order for OEMs to use Nvidia’s

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Intel Says OEMs Can Use Nvidia’s Ion